Fee Rates Compared to Changes in Fall Enrollment
and Oregon Freshman Participation
1970-71 through 1997-98

          Univ Resident                        OUS                    OR Freshman
          UG Instruction Fee*              Enrollment                 Participation Rate**
                     Change from                        Percent                   Percent
Academic             Previous Year                    Change from               Change from              Other Events
   Year       Amount    Dollars  Percent     Fall HC  Previous Yr        Rate   Previous Yr

1970-71          $294     $  -        -      53,855           -          26.4          -
1971-72           378         84      28.6   57,245            6.3       23.9          -9.5   Community colleges begin
1972-73           384          6       1.6   55,672           -2.7       21.5         -10.0   End of military draft
1973-74           408         24       6.3   55,578           -0.2       20.5          -4.7
1974-75           429         21       5.1   58,264            4.8       22.1           7.8   Recession
1975-76           483         54      12.6   60,904            4.5       22.5           1.8
1976-77           537         54      11.2   59,734           -1.9       22.5           0.0   Large-scale financial aid
1977-78           543          6       1.1   60,290            0.9       21.6          -4.0       programs for middle income
1978-79           582         39       7.2   60,410            0.2       22.0           1.9
1979-80           633         51       8.8   62,598            3.6       22.9           4.1
1980-81           693         60       9.5   64,087            2.4       22.5          -1.7   Deep recession; budget cuts
1981-82           923        230      33.2   61,319           -4.3       20.0         -11.1
1982-83         1,119        196      21.2   57,521           -6.2       17.8         -11.0   Financial aid uncertainty &
1983-84         1,119          0       0.0   57,339           -0.3       18.6           4.5       increase in GPA reqmt
1984-85         1,164         45       4.0   57,046           -0.5       19.4           4.3   New recruiting efforts
1985-86         1,164          0       0.0   58,126            1.9       20.2           4.1   New subject requirements
1986-87         1,164          0       0.0   60,365            3.9       21.2           5.0
1987-88         1,200         36       3.1   61,409            1.7       23.0           8.5
1988-89         1,236         36       3.0   63,639            3.6       22.8          -0.9
1989-90         1,338        102       8.3   61,950           -2.7       21.5          -5.7   Enrollment mgmt policy
1990-91         1,470        132       9.9   62,266            0.5       20.3          -5.6
1991-92         2,070        600      40.8   58,979           -5.3       19.2          -5.4   Measure 5 implementation
1992-93         2,175        105       5.1   59,137            0.3       19.4           1.0
1993-94         2,328        153       7.0   58,171           -1.6       18.4          -5.2
1994-95         2,490        162       7.0   58,020           -0.3       19.3           4.9
1995-96         2,589         99       4.0   58,365            0.6       19.9           3.1   Higher Education Efficiency Act
1996-97         2,694        105       4.1   58,772            0.7       20.2           1.5
1997-98         2,694          0       0.0   59,801            1.8       19.9          -1.5


*  Tuition figures used here reflect instruction fee only and do not include other mandatory fees.
** First-time Oregon freshmen fall term as a percentage of all Oregon high school graduates of the previous June.

Source:  OUS Institutional Research Services.